The green coffee reaches us by way of Sancoffee, a coffee cooperative and exporter who is deeply rooted in the region and puts an emphasis on supporting growers to produce high-quality coffee in a consistent and responsible way. Just like us, they rely on long-term relationships. It has been four years since we first bought coffee through Sancoffee. We have met several times since and visited each other in both countries so it certainly feels like we have been working together for a longer time already.
In 2020, Sancoffee, a certified B Corp, measured and compensated the CO2 emissions of their warehouse and offices and became the first CO2-neutral coffee cooperative of the country. They didn´t stop after that and carried out a project to analyze the emissions on two of the coffee farms they work with. Both farms, a small one and a bigger one, turned out to be CO2-negative, meaning they absorb more CO2 than they emit. They repeated the analysis for the remaining 18 partner farms and today, all of them – including Fazenda Santa Clara – are CO2-negative. The calculations include coffee cultivation, processing, packaging, storage as well as transportation to the port and were verified and certified by an independent, European company.
